Governance & Quality Leader — Autism & LD Services

The Kent Autistic Trust; Chatham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kent Autistic Trust is seeking a skilled Quality, Compliance & Governance Manager to work with the CEO and senior management team to strengthen governance, assurance and continuous improvement across autistic and learning disability services.

Travel across Trust services will be required and you will be responsible for producing high-quality governance reports, monitoring CQC regulation and driving organisational performance.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering governance and assurance across health or social care settings.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical governance processes.
• Strong report writing and presentation skills to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Support the CEO, SMT, Board and committees with high-quality governance papers and action tracking.
• Coordinate assurance processes, compliance records, action plans and evidence.
• Monitor developments related to CQC, health and safety, contract compliance and safeguarding.
• Translate changing requirements into clear processes and templates.
• Analyse information to identify risks, trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Produce reports, dashboards and governance packs to support decision-making.
• Build relationships across the Trust and spend time in services to stay connected to frontline practice.
• Support governance projects, quality improvement initiatives and commissioner responses.
• Utilise Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled tools to improve reporting and efficiency.

Skills

Governance

Regulatory compliance

CQC Regulation

Reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Microsoft 365

Data handling

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

The Kent Autistic Trust is seeking a skilled Quality, Compliance & Governance Manager to work with the CEO and senior management team to strengthen governance, assurance and continuous improvement across autistic and learning disability services.

Travel across Trust services will be required and you will be responsible for producing high-quality governance reports, monitoring CQC regulation and driving organisational performance.